Car rental Mytilini, Greece

Car Rental Mytilini – Must Know

Driving in Greece is a pleasure for those who know how to drive and especially those who know how to drive defensively. You must always wear your seatbelt. If you have toddlers ask the rental agency for a car seat before you leave home. It is easier to rent a car as you need it on each island, then it is to rent a car and take it on and off the ferries to several islands.

Attractions in Mytilini

Mytilini Castle

The Castle of Mytilini is built around a hill, close to the port. This is one of the strongest and largest castles of Eastern Mediterranean. Use your car rental vehicle to see this castle. Its construction started in the 5th century in order to protect the island for the pirates that were ravaging the Mediterranean.  If you like ancient castles occupied and renovated by different cultures this is a great one.

Church of Agios Athanasios

The beautiful church of Saint Athanasios is located right in the center of the town of Mytilini and has a remarkable structure. It’s easy to visit this church with the car rental Mytilini. The church was built in the end of the 16^th century. The most impressive feature about this church is the huge bell tower, which is visible from considerable distance. Every connoisseur of historic buildings must see this church.

Yeni Tzami

The Yeni Tzami is a mosque that was built on the site of an old Turkish marketplace called Epano Skala by Naziri Moustafa Aga Koulaxizi at the beginning of the 19th century. Yeni Tsami or “The New Mosque” derives its name from the fact that it is the largest and the most recently built mosque on Lesbos. Parts of its once rich mural decorations can still be seen. It’s possible to observe the mosque with the car rental Mytilini.

Ancient Theatre

With the help of the car rental Mytilini you will be able to visit the Ancient Theatre. You will find it in the northern suburbs of Mytilini, amidst ever green pine woods. This theatre is big enough to hold 15,000 spectators. The theatre was built on a hill between 300 and 100 BC. It was not exactly known when the theatre was built and by whom, but it started to deteriorate in the Roman times.

Archaeological Museum

The archeological museum is located close to the statue of liberty at the main harbor and on the corner of Argyri Eftalioti. With your car rental vehicle you will get there fast and easy. The building of the museum originally belonged to the family of Achilleas Vournazos and was built by the Smyrniot architect Vapheiadis, around 1921. The museum displays finds from the Neolithic through the Roman eras, a period of 5,000 years.